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PHILADELPHIA: 

B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. 

1889. 



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PHILADELPHIA: 

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. 

1889. 






Copyright; 1880, by J. 15. Lippincott Company 



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COLUMBUS. 



Columbus, the capital of the state of Ohio, on the 
Scioto River, 116 miles NE. of Cincinnati and 138 
miles SSVV. of Cleveland. Its site is level, its streets 
are broad, and in the centre of the city is a public 
square of 10 acres, in which stands the state capitol, a 
fine stone structure 304 feet long by 184 feet wide. 
Among other noted edifices are the city-hall, contain- 
ing a public library and city offices; a court-house 
erected at a cost of $400,000 ; United States govern- 
ment and Board of Trade buildings ; a large state pen- 
itentiary ; a hospital for the insane, with a farm of 300 
acres, and accommodation for 900 patients, erected at 
a cost of $1,520,980; and institutions for the blind, 
the deaf and dumb, &c. Here also are located the 
Ohio State University, with its grounds of 320 acres, 
and the Capital University (Lutheran), both liberally 
endowed ; and in the public schools over 1 1,000 pupils 
are registered. Fourteen lines of railway radiate from 
the Union Depot in this city in all directions, which, 
added to the natural advantage of its proximity to the 
great coal and iron fields of the state, tend to a rapid 
development of its manufacturing industries. The 
annual product of its manufactories reaches a value of 
more than $15,000,000, giving employment to over 



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13,000 operatives. Columbus was founded in 181 2. 
Pop. (1870) 31,274; (1880)51,647; (1888) over 90,000. 
Columbus is also the name of some twenty other 
places in the United States, the most important being : 
(1) Capital of Muscogee county, Georgia, situated on 
the Chattahoochee River at the junction of several 
lines of railroad, 100 miles SSW. of Atlanta. It has 
a large trade in cotton, and extensive manufactures of 
cotton, woollen, and iron goods. Pop. (1880) 10,123; 
(1888, including suburbs) about 31,000. — (2) Capital of 
Bartholomew county, Indiana, 41 miles S. by E. of 
Indianapolis, with which it is connected by railway. 
Pop. about 7000. — (3) Capital of Lowndes county, 
Mississippi, on the Tombigbee River, and on a branch 
railroad about 150 miles NE. of Jackson. Pop. about 
5000. — (4) Capital of Colorado county, Texas, on the 
Colorado River, about 95 miles SSE. of Austin by 
rail. Pop. about 2500. 




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